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Author rips into political 'Wrecking Crew'

Thomas Frank says he's fascinated by contradiction and irony. So it seems cosmically appropriate that he arrives at CNN Center the day headlines are screaming about the market meltdown, prompting the free-market Bush administration to call for a massive bailout package. (The package was passed by Congress and signed by the president last week.) <p><a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=3dg7wj"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~a/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=3dg7wj" border="0"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=01jRM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=01jRM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=Fat5M"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=Fat5M" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=agl5m"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=agl5m" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=wjUUM"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=wjUUM" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?a=h880m"><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~f/rss/cnn_showbiz?i=h880m" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/cnn_showbiz/~4/413034165" height="1" width="1"/>